2007
Rias Baixas
Spain
Will drink again.
Having been craving an Albarino for a few weeks, I purchased the only one a local wine shop had a lot of. This was it. I enjoyed it, though not quite as much as the Nora Albarino I reviewed here in November 2007. But I would still recommend this.
A friend from another planet recommended Albarino to me last year following a business-related trip he'd made. He loved it. I'd never heard of it. Months later, in 2007, I tried a Nora Albarino at a restaurant with my tuna entree and loved it. I haven't had one since, though I've read it is THE wine to have with shell fish and/or paella. So, tonight I was stir-frying shrimp and figured I'd try to locate one. We had shrimp with ginger, garlic risotto and spinach and this Albarino accompanied it perfectly. I am in love with the lemon and mineral notes I seem to pick up in the only two Albarinos I've ever had.
Though this one was more floral and citrus-y, and much lighter in color than the Nora, I still enjoyed it. It reminds me of a cross between a lemony Sauvignon Blanc and a woodsy Chardonnay. Nice. I may not be a connoisseur, or have big bucks to spend, so you may choose to believe I'm just blowing words out my ass, but this wine goes especially well with sea fish and shell fish. Trust me.
Josiah
Seven years old
AK-47 forced into your little hands
The weight of it causing you to lose balance and fall over
Forced into battle against the "rebels"
You never survived your first RPG experience
Your one and only day in battle
Crying out for your long ago separated mother
Your life ends
And my faith once again mocks me
Where was the God I trust?
(I've been reading the true and heart-wrenching Ishmael Beah's "a long way gone - Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" of his life in Sierra Leone. Josiah's story struck me especially hard as he was the same age as my youngest and I can't imagine a child having to experience these horrors at any age, yet so many have, are, and still will until the hatred and violence ends. But first, help must come from elsewhere. UNICEF saved Ishmael.) PAIX / سَلام / paz / 平和 / pace / ειρήνη / 和平 / 평화(의) / damai / мир / rahu / der Frieden / friður / PEACE
http://www.unicef.org/
Robert Parker gave this Albarino a 90.
$13 / 750ml. bottle
8.0 out of 10
12.5% alc. by vol.
3 comments:
I found the movie blood diamond a well put together portrayal of what happened in Sierra Leone, and devoted some effort to put the reality of life as a child soldier in context. As a new father I find so many things which I could watch unaffected before are now filled with emotion, and sometimes pain.
Smootherprince,
I agree - "Blood Diamond" was a good portrayal of the Sierra Leone atrocities. I haven't seen it in a long time - maybe now that I've read this book, I'll go back and watch it . . . if I can. I SO agree with you that, as a parent, it is EXTREMELY hard to watch movies or read books where children are thrown into horrible situations or are victims of atrocities or violence. I actually sobbed through most of this book and haven't been able to finish it since reading of Josiah's incredible, unbelievably violent and tragic death. However, I know that UNICEF saves the author's life and he goes on to become a citizen of the U.S. and lives in Brooklyn and works very hard at saving other children's lives who have been victims of warfare and violence. I want to get to the happy part, but I can't stand the "in between" where he becomes almost immune to the violence and sstrung out on drugs to numb the pain at such a young age.
Anyway, thank you so much for stopping by and commenting. I can so relate to your becoming a parent and finding things now affect you so much more. I tend to picture my own children's faces when I read or hear of other children who have become victims of violence. As hard as it is, it just means you have become an excellent, caring parent and your child is one of the lucky ones.
October 25, 2008 8:07 PM
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